Hashim Amla Biography & Wiki, Weight, Height, Age, Birth date

Hashim Muhammad Amla (born 31 March 1983) is a South African cricketer who plays for South Africa in all three formats of the game. He is also a former captain of the Proteas and is a right-handed batsman and occasional off-break bowler. Regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of the modern-era, he was South Africa’s Test captain from June 2014 to January 2016. As of 29th May 2017, he is ranked by the International Cricket Council (ICC) as the world’s number nine batsman in Tests and the world’s number ten in ODIs. In 2013, Amla became the first batsman since Ricky Ponting to head both the Test and ODI rankings at the same time in the latest ICC charts.

In January 2011, Amla became the fastest cricketer to reach 2,000 runs in ODIs, in his 40th ODI innings. He became the first South African to score a Test match triple century when he scored 311 not out against England in 2012. In the 57th innings of his ODI career, Amla became the fastest batsman to score 3,000 ODI runs, requiring 12 innings fewer than Sir Vivian Richards, and also became the fastest cricketer to reach 10 ODI centuries. On 8 December 2013, he became the fastest batsman to score 4,000 ODI runs, requiring 8 innings fewer than Richards.

In 2014, he became the fastest cricketer to reach 15 centuries in ODIs in his 86th innings. In the same year he became the fastest cricketer to reach 16 centuries in ODIs in his 94th inning and fastest cricketer to 17 centuries in ODIs in his 98th innings. He scored 5 hundreds in ODIs in 2014. On 16 January 2015 against West Indies he became the fastest to reach 5,000 runs in ODIs in his 101st innings. On 18 January 2015 he became the fastest cricketer to 18 centuries in ODIs in his 102nd inning. On 3 March 2015 he became the fastest cricketer to reach 20 centuries in ODIs in his 108th inning.

He has scored ODI centuries against all Test playing countries and only the fourth person to do so. He was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2013. He recently hit 2 centuries in 2017 IPL season playing for Kings XI Punjab. He became fastest player to score 7,000 runs in ODIs – 11 innings quicker than Virat Kohli. On 3rd June 2017, he became the fastest cricketer to 25 ODI centuries, again 11 innings quicker than Kohli.

This Biography is about one of the best Professional Cricketer of the world Hashim Amla including his Height, weight, Age & Other Detail…

Biography of Hashim Amla

Real Name

Hashim Mahomed Amla

Nick Name

Hash

Profession

South African Cricketer (Batsman)

Physical Status & More of Hashim Amla

Height

in centimeters- 175 cm

in meters- 1.75 m

in Feet Inches- 5’ 9”

Weight

in Kilograms- 75 kg

in Pounds- 165 lbs

Eye Colour

Black

Hair Color

Black

Body Measurements

– Chest: 40 Inches

– Waist: 34 inches

– Biceps: 13 Inches

Personal Life of Hashim Amla

Date of Birth

31 March 1983

Age [2016]

33 Years

Birth Place

Durban, Natal Province, South Africa

Nationality

South African

Hometown

Durban, Natal Province, South Africa

School

Durban High School, Durban

Education Qualifications

High School

Family

Father- Mahomed H. Amla

Mother- Not Known

Brother- Ahmed Amla (Cricketer)

Religion

Islam

Hobbies

Listening music

Controversies

In 2013, Australia commentator Dean Jones called him a ‘terrorist’ during a Test match against Sri Lanka in Colombo as he said that “the terrorist has got another wicket” when he took a catch. Though, Dean Jones apologized after it but he was removed from the job.